September

Week 1
Library Lion
Go over where books are located in the library
Week 2
Book Book Book - Learn the Library Powerpoint

Week 3
Amelia Bedelia Goes Camping- Idiom Activity
There's a Frog In My Throat (428.1 LEE) to introduce idioms
Week 4
Compare Fiction & Nonfiction with BookFlix
Sign into Kansas Library Card http://kslib.info/ecard

Book Flix
The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash
Snakes and Other Reptiles
http://bkflix.grolier.com/p/node-33978/bk0013pr

October

Week 1
Book Fair Video
Week 2
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Find the Difference Picture
Week 3
Read aloud Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
Students will create their own creepy carrot. The below pdf's are for everything but the mouth. For this I cut a square of black for the students to create the type of mouth they wanted for their carrot. They can use the leftover white from the eye paper to cut teeth for the mouth.



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Week 4
Goodnight Moon and compare/contrast with Goodnight Goon. Runaway Bunny and compare/contrast with Runaway Mummy - Print off Compare and Contrast Sheets and Draw Frankenstein if time allows



Crankenstein
Crankenstein Craftivity



November

Week 1
The Day the Crayons Quit


Week 2
Owen & Mzee Keynote and webpage
http://www.owenandmzee.com/omweb/

Week 3
Turkey For Thanksgiving
Sequencing activity
Thanksgiving Bingo



Week 4
Short week - checkout only
December

Week 1
How Santa Got His Job
Make GeoSanta with triangles, squares, oval, and 3 cotton balls.





Jan Brett's Gingerbread Christmas
Decorate Gingerbread with assorted supplies.


Week 2
Watch Berenstain Bears Christmas Tree Video and color Christmas ornaments

Week 3
iBook - Polar Express
January

Week 1
Read Three Snow Bears by Jan Brett and follow along with video to draw a polar bear.
http://www.janbrettvideos.com/how_to_draw_a_baby_polar_bear_high_bandwidth.htm
Week 2
My Brother Martin
Keynote on Vocabulary from My Brother Martin
Answer with Activexpressions

Week 3
Imogene’s Antlers
Reading Rainbow - Imogene’s Antlers
Print off student pictures, and then using crayons they turn themselves into another animal.
Week 4
Book Flix - Scrambled States of America & Types of Maps
http://bkflix.grolier.com/sw/node-33981/bk0041pr
February

Week 1
Read Jeremy’s Muffler
Create Muffler from card stock and then color it add a fringe of yarn (each piece about 8 inches long)
Week 2
Book Fair Video
Week 3
Lemon the Duck (Tumble Books)
Read The Most From Coast to Coast
Week 4
Haiku Keynote
Read Across America Plans

March

Week 1
Write 2nd Haiku and edit
Read McElligot’s Pool
Week 2
Read Aloud - Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by Steig
Write final Haiku on sheet to send in check for spelling
Have a partner proofread for spelling errors
Week 3
All of the Money in the World - Video
Week 4
Spring Break
Week 5
Review Fairy Tale Anchor Chart
Read The Three Little Pigs - Galdone
Read The Three Ninja Pigs - Schwartz
3 Ninja Pigs/3 Little Pigs Comparison Chart as a class